Gaskinetic Theory

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, kinetic determination of equation of state, specific heats of gases. Dynamics of two-particle collisions. Elementary transport theory, molecular effusion, hydrodynamic transport coefficients, mean free path method. Advanced transport theory, the Boltzmann equation, collision terms, Champman-Enskog transport theory. Aerodynamics of free-molecular flow. Shock waves.